A Comedian Silences A Room For 9 Minutes. It's Not An Awkward Silence.

A Comedian Silences A Room For 9 Minutes. It's Not An Awkward Silence.

Comedians spend years honing their stage persona, but when all-star comic Anthony Griffith tells the story of his life as a comedian and as a father, not even he can keep it together. To be honest, I couldn't either when I watched this video. It's so important to remember that the people we idolize aren't the two-dimensional, easily digestible caricatures that we see of them in the media. I've seen some breakdowns before, and this was the first one that felt real.

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At 2:12, Griffith takes the stage and blacks out. At 3:04, he starts to tear up.
At 4:41, he describes the most bleak situation I've ever heard.
At 6:26, the doctors drops a serious bomb.
At 7:31, Griffith has his 'Denzel Washington from Training Day' moment.
At 8:33, the real truth comes out.

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